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Final beam placed on new building |
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 Hundreds of EVMS staff, faculty, students and friends became part of EVMS history today when one of the final steel girders, covered in their signatures and well wishes, was hoisted to the top of the new medical education and research building.
An evergreen tree was lifted up with the beam, part of a Celtic tradition that was an offering to the gods upon completion of building a home.
See photos from the hoisting ceremony.
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Last Updated on Monday, 14 June 2010 09:52 |
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Increase in teen accidents may be due to early school start time |
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A lack of sleep may be behind a surge in traffic accidents among teens in Virginia Beach.
Robert Vorona, MD, associate professor of internal medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School, looked at 2008 Department of Motor Vehicles data for the adjacent cities of Virginia Beach and Chesapeake. The study found a 41 percent higher rate of motor vehicle accidents among teen drivers in Virginia Beach than in demographically similar Chesapeake.
The study suggests, but does not prove, that sleep may be the culprit. Teen drivers in Virginia Beach may not get enough sleep in part because Virginia Beach schools open more than an hour earlier than those in Chesapeake.
Dr. Vorona presented his research findings June 9 at the annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies in San Antonio. The meeting draws sleep researchers from all over the world.
For more about the study, read The Virginian-Pilot account.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 09 June 2010 13:52 |
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Leave your mark on EVMS' new building |
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Each member of the EVMS community is invited to make his or her mark on the newest addition to the EVMS campus. One of the final steel girders for the new medical education and research building's framework has been set out behind Lewis Hall and is available for all to sign. It's a way for each person to leave a permanent sign of their part in creating the school's future.
The beam is near the back entrance to Lewis Hall, beside the police dispatch office. Signing will continue until 11 a.m. Friday, June 11, and at 11:30, a ceremony will be held to mark the beam's hoisting to its place at the top of the structure.
For more information, call 446-6070
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 09 June 2010 15:02 |
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Britt Scholarship becomes endowed, permanent |
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The L.D. Britt, MD, Scholarship Fund at Eastern Virginia Medical School has become a permanent source of support for promising minority medical students thanks to contributions from the community and a recent donation from the EVMS Foundation.
The EVMS Foundation's contribution, combined with $682,000 raised from supporters throughout Hampton Roads by the L.D. Britt, MD, Scholarship Committee, brings the fund's total to $900,000 and enables it to operate as a self-sustaining, endowed scholarship. One minority EVMS student in each year of the four-year medical program will receive a L.D. Britt, MD, Scholarship. The amount of support will be based on the fund's principal balance. At this point, each scholarship is expected to be $10,000.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 03 June 2010 09:22 |
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Golf classic supports EVMS missions |
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More than 100 players took to the course May 25, 2010, at Bayville Golf Club in Virginia Beach for the EVMS Charity Golf Classic.
Jim Izard, of Palladium Partners LLC and a member of the EVMS Board of Visitors, served as chairman of the event, which raised approximately $70,000 to support education, research and patient care at EVMS.
Alan Wagner, MD, of Wagner Macula & Retina Center, and sons Jason and Max were the winning team, and Susan Pender of Prudential Towne Realty scored the day's only hole in one. The tournament's sponsors included Taylor Johnson Group Risk Management Services, a member of the Towne Bank Family; VIRTEXCO Corporation; Prudential Towne Realty; Sentara; and Williams Mullen.
Event photos.
Team photos. |
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 June 2010 15:00 |
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